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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

♦ ♦ Release Day Blitz ♦ Empathy by Ker Dukey ♦ ♦

Title: Empathy

Author: Ker Dukey

Genre: Dark Romance/Erotic Suspense

I am a brother
I am a police detective
I am a contract killer
I don’t want to love
I don’t want to feel
I don’t want … EMPATHY.

They say some people are born with decreased activity in the front central lobe causing them a deficiency in empathy. Maybe that’s true about me but whether I was born this way or created in a moment of evil, empathy was something I didn’t possess until her green eyes met mine in the mirror and I couldn’t take her life.
I didn’t want to feel, didn’t want this woman in my life complicating how I lived but she was there at every turn. Sent to haunt me for my sins. Her light so bright she provoked a shadow from everyone she touched. When a job turns bad quickly altering my life forever I’m forced to feel. When nothing is making sense I’m forced to face truths I never would recover from. When life drowns you in its cruelty you don’t know which way the current will drag you or who you’ll become once you re-surface.

Melody:

I was a daughter
I was a student
I was a victim
Did I have his love?
Did I make him feel?
Did I have his empathy?
When the actions of a soulless killer forces sorrow into my veins I never dreamed the man healing my wounds would be the one to leave the worst scar. His love would scar my soul. Scars are permanent; I will never feel the relief from them. Will I learn to live with them, remember why I have them and learn never to let him close enough to inflict more? Will I eventually cover them… like tattoos coating them with new memories, new love and new starts? I didn’t know these answers because the pain was too suffocating, the only thing I knew was they will always be under the surface lingering. He had scars too, from his sins. There is nothing that can cover them, they were too deep, too ugly, too dark and they marked us both forever.

Review

Reviewed by Yolanda M.

I was given this Arc for a exchange of an honest review.

Blake has lived his life in a certain way. He has never had in any feelings from a young age. This in a nutshell is Blake Story:

“I am a brother
I am a police detective
I am a contract killer
I don’t want to love
I don’t want to feel
I don’t want … EMPATHY “

Melody has had a real trying life. Left with no trust in her life, she has to find a way to empathize with Blake. This is Melody Story:

I was a daughter
I was a student
I was a victim
Did I have his love?
Did I make him feel?
Did I have his empathy?

Will they find love? Will the be able to find anything? Empathy?

Ker Dukey titled Empathy. This is the first novel by this author. She is now on my must read list, I instantly went and downloaded her earlier novels. First this story was amazingly written, she can tell a story. While reading I could totally see this novel on the big screen. This story is totally an emotionally roller-coaster when you think you figured it out you are instantly taken back. In my opinion this novel will shock you, capture you, and involve you deeply. Second, I was instantly connected to the characters I wanted to personally help them although I knew this is fictional. You get so involved in the feeling between Blake and Melody where you just want to correct all their issues. Finally, I LOVED the way Ker Dukey has taken her story and made you feel as this could actually go down.. For me personally I love realistic aspects in fiction. If this actually happen I believe the conclusion of this story would be accurate. I think you will also love Empathy! I would like to say to this author THANK YOU for what you give your readers! It is appreciated. I give this book a 5 out of 5 star

I have always had a passion for storytelling, whether it be through lyrics or bed time stories with my sisters. I wanted to be an actress growing up so I could live many roles but I learned early on that my mind was too active... I would want to change the script.I would watch films and think of ways they could of improved the story if they took another direction so i thought it best that i tell my own.
My mum would always have a book in her hand when I was young and passed on her love for reading, inspiring me to venture into writing my own. I tend to have a darker edge to my writing. Not all love stories are made from light, some are created in darkness but are just as powerful and worth telling.
When I'm not lost in the world of characters I love spending time with my family. I'm a mum and that comes first in my life but when I do get down time I love attending music concerts or reading events with my younger sister.
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